Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1152: The Synthesis, Structure, Morphology Characterizations and Evolution Mechanisms of Nanosized Titanium Carbides and Their Further Applications Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9081152 Authors: Dong Qiu Li Shu Yang Jiang It is widely known that the special performances and extensive applications of the nanoscale materials are determined by their as-synthesized structures, especially their growth sizes and morphologies. Hereinto, titanium...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1151: 2D In-Plane CuS/Bi2WO6 p-n Heterostructures with Promoted Visible-Light-Driven Photo-Fenton Degradation Performance Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9081151 Authors: Li Guo Kailai Zhang Xuanxuan Han Qiang Zhao Danjun Wang Feng Fu Photo-Fenton degradation of pollutants in wastewater is an ideal choice for large scale practical applications. Herein, two-dimensional (2D) in-plane CuS/Bi2WO6 p-n heterostructures have been successfully constructed...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1150: Design of Nanoscaled Surface Morphology of TiO2–Ag2O Composite Nanorods through Sputtering Decoration Process and Their Low-Concentration NO2 Gas-Sensing Behaviors Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9081150 Authors: Yuan-Chang Liang Yen-Chen Liu TiO2–Ag2O composite nanorods with various Ag2O configurations were synthesized by a two-step process, in which the core TiO2 nanorods were prepared by the hydrothermal method and subsequently the Ag2O...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1149: Modeling Analysis of Silk Fibroin/Poly(ε-caprolactone) Nanofibrous Membrane under Uniaxial Tension Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9081149 Authors: Yunlei Yin Xinfei Zhao Jie Xiong Evaluating the mechanical ability of nanofibrous membranes during processing and end uses in tissue engineering is important. We propose a geometric model to predict the uniaxial behavior of randomly oriented nanofibrous membrane based on the structural characteristics...
Sat Aug 10, 2019 03:00
Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1146: The Comprehensive Approach to Preparation and Investigation of the Eu3+ Doped Hydroxyapatite/poly(L-lactide) Nanocomposites: Promising Materials for Theranostics Application Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9081146 Authors: Katarzyna Szyszka Sara Targonska Malgorzata Gazinska Konrad Szustakiewicz Rafal J. Wiglusz In response to the need for new materials for theranostics application, the structural and spectroscopic properties of composites...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1147: MOF-Confined Sub-2 nm Stable CsPbX3 Perovskite Quantum Dots Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9081147 Authors: Zhenxing Li Chengcheng Yu Yangyang Wen Zhiting Wei Junmei Chu Xiaofei Xing Xin Zhang Mingliang Hu Miao He The metal halide with a perovskite structure has attracted significant attention due to its defect-tolerant photophysics and optoelectronic features. In particular, the all-inorganic metal halide perovskite quantum...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1145: Facile Synthesis of IrCu Microspheres Based on Polyol Method and Study on Their Electro-Catalytic Performances to Oxygen Evolution Reaction Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9081145 Authors: Xuan Liu Zichao Li Luming Zhou Kuankuan Wang Xihui Zhao Qun Li Yujia Deng The development of Ir-based catalyst with high efficiency for oxygen evolution reaction (OER) in acidic conditions is of great significance to the development of clean energy,...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1148: Ionic Liquid-Polymer Nanoparticle Hybrid Systems as New Tools to Deliver Poorly Soluble Drugs Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9081148 Authors: Ana Júlio Rita Caparica Sofia A. Costa Lima Ana Sofia Fernandes Catarina Rosado Duarte M. F. Prazeres Salette Reis Tânia Santos de Almeida Pedro Fonte The use of functional excipients such as ionic liquids (ILs) and the encapsulation of drugs into nanocarriers are useful strategies to overcome...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1144: Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane (POSS) Surface Grafting: A Novel Method to Enhance Polylactide Hydrolysis Resistance Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9081144 Authors: Li Colonna Fina Monticelli Abstract: This work considers the development of an easy and scalable approach to change the features of poly(l-lactide) (PLLA) films, which is based on the application of a surface treatment with an amino-functionalized polyhedral oligomeric...
Fri Aug 09, 2019 03:00
Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1143: Oxalic Acid-Induced Photodissolution of Ferrihydrite and the Fate of Loaded As(V): Kinetics and Mechanism Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9081143 Authors: Hai-Tao Ren Jing Han Ting-Ting Li Qi Lin Jia-Horng Lin Ching-Wen Lou The fate of arsenic in the water environment is of great concern. Here, the influences of oxalic acid and UV light illumination on the dissolution of naked ferrihydrite (Fhy), Fhy loaded with As(V) [Fhy*-As(V)], as...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1142: Ultra-Porous Nanocellulose Foams: A Facile and Scalable Fabrication Approach Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9081142 Authors: Carlo Antonini Tingting Wu Tanja Zimmermann Abderrahmane Kherbeche Marie-Jean Thoraval Gustav Nyström Thomas Geiger Cellulose nanofibril foams are cellulose-based porous materials with outstanding mechanical properties, resulting from the high strength-to-weight ratio of nanofibrils. Here we report the development...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1141: The Study of Deep Level Traps and Their Influence on Current Characteristics of InP/InGaAs Heterostructures Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9081141 Authors: Xiaohong Zhao Hongliang Lu Manli Zhao Yuming Zhang Yimen Zhang The damage mechanism of proton irradiation in InP/InGaAs heterostructures was studied. The deep level traps were investigated in detail by deep level transient spectroscopy (DLTS), capacitance–voltage (C–V)...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1140: Fabrication of Bimetal CuFe2O4 Oxide Redox-Active Nanocatalyst for Oxidation of Pinene to Renewable Aroma Oxygenates Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9081140 Authors: Lindokuhle S. Mdletshe Peter R. Makgwane Suprakas S. Ray This study report on the synthesis of spinel CuFe2O4 nanostructures by surfactant-assisted method. The catalysts were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), laser Raman, transition electron microscope (TEM), scanning electron...
Fri Aug 09, 2019 03:00
Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1871: Sedentary Behavior and Alcohol Consumption Increase Breast Cancer Risk Regardless of Menopausal Status: A Case-Control Study Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11081871 Authors: Jordana Carolina Marques Godinho-Mota Larissa Vaz Gonçalves Joao Felipe Mota Leonardo Ribeiro Soares Raquel Machado Schincaglia Karine Anusca Martins Ruffo Freitas-Junior Identification of modifiable risk factors for breast cancer is critical for primary prevention of the...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1870: Protective Effects of Hydrolyzed Chicken Extract (Probeptigen®/Cmi-168) on Memory Retention and Brain Oxidative Stress in Senescence-Accelerated Mice Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11081870 Authors: Ming-Yu Chou Ying-Ju Chen Liang-Hung Lin Yoshihiro Nakao Ai Lin Lim Ming-Fu Wang Shan May Yong The senescence-accelerated prone (SAMP8) mouse model shows age-dependent deterioration in learning and memory and increased oxidative stress in the brain....
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1869: Healthy Planet, Healthy Youth: A Food Systems Education and Promotion Intervention to Improve Adolescent Diet Quality and Reduce Food Waste Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11081869 Authors: Melissa Pflugh Prescott Xanna Burg Jessica Jarick Metcalfe Alexander E. Lipka Cameron Herritt Leslie Cunningham-Sabo Emerging evidence suggests a link between young people’s interest in alternative food production practices and dietary quality. The...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1867: Increased Dietary Inflammatory Index Is Associated with Schizophrenia: Results of a Case–Control Study from Bahrain Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11081867 Authors: Haitham Jahrami Mo’ez Al-Islam Faris Hadeel Ali Ghazzawi Zahra Saif Layla Habib Nitin Shivappa James R. Hébert Background: Several studies have indicated that chronic low-grade inflammation is associated with the development of schizophrenia. Given the role of diet in modulating...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1868: Can a Simple Dietary Screening in Early Pregnancy Identify Dietary Habits Associated with Gestational Diabetes? Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11081868 Authors: Laufey Hrolfsdottir Ingibjorg Gunnarsdottir Bryndis Eva Birgisdottir Ingibjorg Th Hreidarsdottir Alexander Kr. Smarason Hildur Hardardottir Thorhallur I. Halldorsson Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is predominantly a lifestyle disease, with diet being an important modifiable risk...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1866: Hydration Status and Cardiovascular Function Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11081866 Authors: Joseph C. Watso William B. Farquhar Hypohydration, defined as a state of low body water, increases thirst sensations, arginine vasopressin release, and elicits renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system activation to replenish intra- and extra-cellular fluid stores. Hypohydration impairs mental and physical performance, but new evidence suggests hypohydration...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1865: Effects of Moderate Chronic Food Restriction on the Development of Postprandial Dyslipidemia with Ageing Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11081865 Authors: Alejandro Fernández Lorena Mazuecos Cristina Pintado Blanca Rubio Virginia López Alain J. de Solís María Rodríguez Antonio Andrés Nilda Gallardo Ageing is a major risk factor for the development of metabolic disorders linked to dyslipidemia, usually accompanied by increased adiposity....
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1864: Temporal Trends in Apparent Food Consumption in Bangladesh: AJoinpoint Regression Analysis of FAO’s Food Balance Sheet Data from 1961 to 2013 Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11081864 Authors: Syed Mahfuz Al Hasan Jennifer Saulam Kanae Kanda Tomohiro Hirao We analyzed the temporal trends and significant changes in apparent food consumption or availabilityin Bangladesh from 1961 to 2013. Due to the lack of a long-term national dietary intake dataset, this...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1862: Epigallocatechin-3-Gallate Reduces Hepatic Oxidative Stress and Lowers CYP-Mediated Bioactivation and Toxicity of Acetaminophen in Rats Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11081862 Authors: Hsien-Tsung Yao Chien-Chun Li Chen-Hui Chang Epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) is the most abundant polyphenol in green tea. To investigate the effects of dietary EGCG on oxidative stress and the metabolism and toxicity of acetaminophen in the liver, rats were fed diets...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1861: Sex-Specific Differences in Fat Storage, Development of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Brain Structure in Juvenile HFD-Induced Obese Ldlr-/-.Leiden Mice Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11081861 Authors: Sophie A.H. Jacobs Eveline Gart Debby Vreeken Bart A.A. Franx Lotte Wekking Vivienne G.M. Verweij Nicole Worms Marieke H. Schoemaker Gabriele Gross Martine C. Morrison Robert Kleemann Ilse A.C. Arnoldussen Amanda J. Kiliaan...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1863: Validation of a Food Frequency Questionnaire to Assess Intake of n-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids in Switzerland Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11081863 Authors: Isabelle Herter-Aeberli Celeste Graf Anna Vollenweider Isabelle Häberling Pakeerathan Srikanthan Martin Hersberger Gregor Berger Déborah Mathis Population-based data suggest that high intake of omega-3 (n-3) polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) may be beneficial in a variety of health...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1859: Health Benefits of Lactobacillus gasseri CP2305 Tablets in Young Adults Exposed to Chronic Stress: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11081859 Authors: Kensei Nishida Daisuke Sawada Yuki Kuwano Hiroki Tanaka Kazuhito Rokutan Short-term administration of Lactobacillus gasseri CP2305 improves stress-associated symptoms and clinical symptoms in healthy young adults and in patients with irritable bowel...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1860: Association of Lactase Persistence Genotypes (rs4988235) and Ethnicity with Dairy Intake in a Healthy U.S. Population Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11081860 Authors: Elizabeth L. Chin Liping Huang Yasmine Y. Bouzid Catherine P. Kirschke Blythe Durbin-Johnson Lacey M. Baldiviez Ellen L. Bonnel Nancy L. Keim Ian Korf Charles B. Stephensen Danielle G. Lemay Lactase persistence (LP) is a trait in which lactose can be digested throughout...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1857: The Role of Water Homeostasis in Muscle Function and Frailty: A Review Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11081857 Authors: Lorenzo Serra-Prat Yébenes Water, the main component of the body, is distributed in the extracellular and intracellular compartments. Water exchange between these compartments is mainly governed by osmotic pressure. Extracellular water osmolarity must remain within very narrow limits to be compatible with life. Older adults lose the...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1856: Epigallocatechin-3-Gallate (EGCG) Suppresses Pancreatic Cancer Cell Growth, Invasion, and Migration partly through the Inhibition of Akt Pathway and Epithelial–Mesenchymal Transition: Enhanced Efficacy when Combined with Gemcitabine Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11081856 Authors: Wei Penso Hackman Wang Mackenzie Most pancreatic cancers are usually diagnosed at an advanced stage when they have already metastasized. Epigallocatechin-3-gallate...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1858: Association between Dietary Intake and Lipid-Lowering Therapy: Prospective Analysis of Data from Australian Diabetes, Obesity, and Lifestyle Study (AusDiab) Using a Quantile Regression Approach Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11081858 Authors: Gadowski Nanayakkara Heritier Magliano Shaw Curtis Zoungas Owen Lipid-lowering therapy (LLT) should be accompanied by dietary guidance for cardiovascular risk reduction; however, current evidence...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1855: Longitudinal Changes of Mineral Concentrations in Preterm and Term Human Milk from Lactating Swiss Women Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11081855 Authors: Sabatier Garcia-Rodenas Castro Kastenmayer Vigo Dubascoux Andrey Nicolas Payot Bordier Thakkar Beauport Tolsa Fumeaux Affolter An adequate mineral supply to preterm infants is essential for normal growth and development. This study aimed to compare the...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1854: Vitamin D Deficiency and Effects of Vitamin D Supplementation on Disease Severity in Patients with Atopic Dermatitis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis in Adults and Children Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11081854 Authors: Hattangdi-Haridas Lanham-New Wong Ho Darling Research has investigated 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) levels in the Atopic Dermatitis (AD) population, as well as changes in AD severity after vitamin D (VitD) supplementation....
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1853: Cooked Red Lentils Dose-Dependently Modulate the Colonic Microenvironment in Healthy C57Bl/6 Male Mice Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11081853 Authors: Daniela Graf Jennifer M. Monk Dion Lepp Wenqing Wu Laurel McGillis Kyle Roberton Yolanda Brummer Susan M. Tosh Krista A. Power Dietary pulses, including lentils, are protein-rich plant foods that are enriched in intestinal health-promoting bioactives, such as non-digestible carbohydrates...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1852: Selenoprotein-P Deficiency Predicts Cardiovascular Disease and Death
Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1852: Selenoprotein-P Deficiency Predicts Cardiovascular Disease and Death Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11081852 Authors: Lutz Schomburg Marju Orho-Melander Joachim Struck Andreas Bergmann Olle Melander Selenoprotein-P (SELENOP) is the main carrier of selenium to target organs and reduces tissue oxidative stress both directly and by delivering selenium to protective selenoproteins. We tested if the plasma concentration of SELENOP predicts cardiovascular...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1850: Tracking Kids’ Food: Comparing the Nutritional Value and Marketing Appeals of Child-Targeted Supermarket Products Over Time Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11081850 Authors: Charlene Elliott Marketing unhealthy foods negatively impacts children’s food preferences, dietary habits and health, prompting calls for regulations that will help to create an “enabling” food environment for children. One powerful food marketing technique is...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1847: The Mediterranean Diet in the Stroke Belt: A Cross-Sectional Study on Adherence and Perceived Knowledge, Barriers, and Benefits Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11081847 Authors: Caroline J. Knight Olivia Jackson Imran Rahman Donna O. Burnett Andrew D. Frugé Michael W. Greene The Mediterranean diet (MedDiet) is recommended by the current Dietary Guidelines for Americans, yet little is known about the perceived barriers and benefits to the diet in...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1851: Pre-Conception Maternal Food Intake and the Association with Childhood Allergies Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11081851 Authors: Jessica A. Grieger Anita M. Pelecanos Cameron Hurst Andrew Tai Vicki L. Clifton Background: Periconceptional nutrition may have an important function in programming the immune function and allergies, however, there is a lack of studies assessing pre-conception food intake and childhood allergic disorders. The aim of the...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1848: Association of Sleep Duration and Insomnia Symptoms with Components of Metabolic Syndrome and Inflammation in Middle-Aged and Older Adults with Metabolic Syndrome in Taiwan Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11081848 Authors: Ahmad Syauqy Chien-Yeh Hsu Hsiao-Hsien Rau Adi Lukas Kurniawan Jane C-J Chao The study determined the association of sleep duration and insomnia symptoms with the components of metabolic syndrome and inflammation in middle-aged...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1849: Dietary Behavior and Physical Activity in Children and Adolescents Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11081849 Authors: Antje Hebestreit Leonie H. Bogl In recent years, diet- and lifestyle-related disorders have become a major health threat in Europe and worldwide [...]
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1845: Hormones in Breast Milk and Effect on Infants’ Growth: A Systematic Review Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11081845 Authors: Alessandra Mazzocchi Maria Lorella Giannì Daniela Morniroli Ludovica Leone Paola Roggero Carlo Agostoni Valentina De Cosmi Fabio Mosca Breast milk is characterized by a dynamic and complex composition which includes hormones and other bioactive components that could influence infant growth, development, and optimize...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1846: Diet Quality and Water Scarcity: Evidence from a Large Australian Population Health Survey Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11081846 Authors: Bradley G. Ridoutt Danielle Baird Kimberley Anastasiou Gilly A. Hendrie There is widespread interest in dietary strategies that lower environmental impacts. However, various forms of malnutrition are also widely prevalent. In a first study of its kind, we quantify the water-scarcity footprint and diet quality score...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1844: Association of Initial Low Serum Selenium Level with Infectious Complications and 30-Day Mortality in Multiple Trauma Patients Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11081844 Authors: Soon Bo Choi Yun Tae Jung Jae Gil Lee Low serum selenium levels are commonly observed in critically injured multiple trauma patients. This study aimed to identify the association between initial serum selenium levels and in-hospital infectious complications in multiple trauma patients....
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1842: A Traditional Mediterranean Diet Effectively Reduces Inflammation and Improves Cardiovascular Health Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11081842 Authors: Cristina Razquin Miguel A. Martinez-Gonzalez Chrysohoou et al. fifteen years ago, showed in an elegant analysis nested within the ATTICAstudy [1] that a dietary score reflecting adherence to the traditional Mediterranean diet (MedDiet) wasinversely associated with plasma biomarkers of low-grade inflammation...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1843: Dietary Patterns are Associated with Leukocyte LINE-1 Methylation in Women: A Cross-Sectional Study in Southern Italy Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11081843 Authors: Martina Barchitta Andrea Maugeri Roberta Magnano San Lio Giuliana Favara Maria Clara La Rosa Claudia La Mastra Annalisa Quattrocchi Antonella Agodi Bioactive food compounds have different effects on global DNA methylation, an epigenetic mechanism associated with chromosomal...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 11, Pages 405: Nanoemulsion Structural Design in Co-Encapsulation of Hybrid Multifunctional Agents: Influence of the Smart PLGA Polymers on the Nanosystem-Enhanced Delivery and Electro-Photodynamic Treatment Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics11080405 Authors: Urszula Bazylińska Julita Kulbacka Grzegorz Chodaczek In the present study, we examined properties of poly(lactide-co-glycolide) (PLGA)-based nanocarriers (NCs) with various functional or “smart”...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 11, Pages 406: Aerosolization Performance of Jet Nebulizers and Biopharmaceutical Aspects Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics11080406 Authors: Greta Adorni Gerrit Seifert Francesca Buttini Gaia Colombo Luciano A. Stecanella Irene Krämer Alessandra Rossi In this work, 13 jet nebulizers, some of which in different configurations, were investigated in order to identify the biopharmaceutical constraints related to the quality attributes of the medicinal...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 11, Pages 404: Extracellular Vesicles as a Potential Therapy for Neonatal Conditions: State of the Art and Challenges in Clinical Translation Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics11080404 Authors: Andreea C. Matei Lina Antounians Augusto Zani Despite advances in intensive care, several neonatal conditions typically due to prematurity affect vital organs and are associated with high mortality and long-term morbidities. Current treatment strategies for these...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 11, Pages 403: Bio-Functional Textiles: Combining Pharmaceutical Nanocarriers with Fibrous Materials for Innovative Dermatological Therapies Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics11080403 Authors: Massella Argenziano Ferri Guan Giraud Cavalli Barresi Salaün In the field of pharmaceutical technology, significant attention has been paid on exploiting skin as a drug administration route. Considering the structural and chemical complexity...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 11, Pages 402: Micro-Pillar Integrated Dissolving Microneedles for Enhanced Transdermal Drug Delivery Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics11080402 Authors: Seunghee Lee Shayan Fakhraei Lahiji Jeesu Jang Mingyu Jang Hyungil Jung The dissolving microneedle (DMN) patch is a transdermal delivery system, containing arrays of micro-sized polymeric needles capable of encapsulating therapeutic drugs within their matrix and releasing them into the skin. However,...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 11, Pages 401: Factorial Design as a Tool for the Optimization of PLGA Nanoparticles for the Co-Delivery of Temozolomide and O6-Benzylguanine Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics11080401 Authors: Maria João Ramalho Joana A. Loureiro Manuel A. N. Coelho Maria Carmo Pereira Poly(d,l-lactic-co-glycolic) (PLGA) nanoparticles (NPs) have been widely studied for several applications due to their advantageous properties, such as biocompatibility and biodegradability....
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 11, Pages 400: Fast, Spectroscopy-Based Prediction of In Vitro Dissolution Profile of Extended Release Tablets Using Artificial Neural Networks Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics11080400 Authors: Galata Farkas Könyves Mészáros Szabó Csontos Pálos Marosi Nagy Nagy The pharmaceutical industry has never seen such a vast development in process analytical methods as in the last decade. The application of near-infrared (NIR) and...
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Pharmacy, Vol. 7, Pages 111: A Cross-Sectional Investigation for Verification of Globalization of Falsified Medicines in Cambodia, Indicated by Tablets of Sildenafil Citrate Pharmacy doi: 10.3390/pharmacy7030111 Authors: Yoshida Yuasa Sovannarith Dararth Keila Kiet Tsuboi Tanimoto Kimura Medicine falsification is a global issue. Viagra, an erectile dysfunction therapeutic (EDT) medicine consisting primarily of sildenafil citrate, is the most commonly...
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Pharmacy, Vol. 7, Pages 113: Training and Toolkit Resources to Support Implementation of a Community Pharmacy Fall Prevention Service Pharmacy doi: 10.3390/pharmacy7030113 Authors: Robinson Renfro Shockley Blalock Watkins Ferreri Community pharmacies are an ideal setting to manage high-risk medications and screen older adults at risk for falls. Appropriate training and resources are needed to successfully implement services in this setting. The purpose of this paper...
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Pharmacy, Vol. 7, Pages 114: Clinical Care Pharmacists in Urgent Care in North East England: A Qualitative Study of Experiences after Implementation Pharmacy doi: 10.3390/pharmacy7030114 Authors: Jody Nichols Rosie England Stuart Holliday Julia L Newton Our objective was to explore the implementation of a novel NHS England (NHSE)-funded pilot project aimed at deploying clinical pharmacists in an integrated urgent care (IUC) setting including the NHS 111 service. Eight integrated...
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Pharmacy, Vol. 7, Pages 112: Antimicrobial Desensitization: A Review of Published Protocols Pharmacy doi: 10.3390/pharmacy7030112 Authors: Chastain Hutzley Parekh Alegro Antimicrobial desensitization represents a last-line option for patients with no alternative therapies, where the benefits of this intensive process must outweigh the potential harm from drug exposure. The goal of antimicrobial desensitization procedures is to establish a temporary state of tolerance to...
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Plants, Vol. 8, Pages 280: Bletilla striata (Orchidaceae) Seed Coat Restricts the Invasion of Fungal Hyphae at the Initial Stage of Fungal Colonization Plants doi: 10.3390/plants8080280 Authors: Chihiro Miura Miharu Saisho Takahiro Yagame Masahide Yamato Hironori Kaminaka Orchids produce minute seeds that contain limited or no endosperm, and they must form an association with symbiotic fungi to obtain nutrients during germination and subsequent seedling growth under natural...
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Plants, Vol. 8, Pages 279: Comparison of Growth Rate and Nutrient Content of Five Microalgae Species Cultivated in Greenhouses Plants doi: 10.3390/plants8080279 Authors: Maria N. Metsoviti George Papapolymerou Ioannis T. Karapanagiotidis Nikolaos Katsoulas The effect of different environmental conditions on the growth rate, biomass production, nutrient composition, and phenolic content of the microalgae species Chlorella vulgaris, Botryococcus braunii, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii,...
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Plants, Vol. 8, Pages 278: Long-Term Maintainable Somatic Embryogenesis System in Alfalfa (Medicago sativa) Using Leaf Explants: Embryogenic Sustainability Approach Plants doi: 10.3390/plants8080278 Authors: Ankush Sangra Lubana Shahin Sarwan K. Dhir Alfalfa (Medicago sativa) is one of the most important forage legume crops because of its mass production and high feeding value. It originated in Asia and is one of the most ancient plants cultivated throughout the world as a fodder....
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Plants, Vol. 8, Pages 277: Effects of Jasmonate on Ethylene Function during the Development of Tomato Stamens Plants doi: 10.3390/plants8080277 Authors: Ramona Schubert Stephan Grunewald Lea von Sivers Bettina Hause The phenotype of the tomato mutant jasmonate-insensitive1-1 (jai1-1) mutated in the JA-Ile co-receptor COI1 demonstrates JA function in flower development, since it is female-sterile. In addition, jai1-1 exhibits a premature anther dehydration and pollen release,...
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Plants, Vol. 8, Pages 276: Influence of Climate on Radial Growth of Black Pine on the Mountain Regions of Southwestern Turkey Plants doi: 10.3390/plants8080276 Authors: Mehmet Doğan Nesibe Köse In this study, we identified the most important climate factors affecting the radial growth of black pine at different elevations of the mountain regions of Southwestern Turkey (Sandıras Mountain, Muğla/Turkey). We used four black pine tree-ring chronologies, which represent upper and lower...
Fri Aug 09, 2019 03:00
Religions, Vol. 10, Pages 473: Sporting Space, Sacred Space: A Theology of Sporting Place Religions doi: 10.3390/rel10080473 Authors: Robert Ellis Religion often designates locations that are considered sacred, marked off from ordinary space. Sporting venues also take on a significance for players and supporters that is seldom adequately explained in solely sporting terms. Can theological understandings of place illuminate the way in which players and spectators relate to the ‘sacred...
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Resources, Vol. 8, Pages 144: Morais Ultramafic Complex: A Survey towards Nickel Phytomining Resources doi: 10.3390/resources8030144 Authors: Ana R. A. Alves Eduardo F. Silva Luís A. B. Novo Ultramafic areas are critical for nickel (Ni) phytomining due to the high concentration of this element in their soils and the number of hyperaccumulators they harbor. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the potential of the Morais massif, an ultramafic area in Portugal, for phytomining...
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Resources, Vol. 8, Pages 143: Land Resources Evaluation for Damage Compensation to Indigenous Peoples in the Arctic (Case-Study of Anabar Region in Yakutia) Resources doi: 10.3390/resources8030143 Authors: Sergey I. Nosov Boris E. Bondarev Andrey A. Gladkov Violetta Gassiy The compensation for losses caused to the indigenous peoples in Arctic Russia due to the industrial development of their traditional lands is an urgent question whose resolution requires development of new...
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Resources, Vol. 8, Pages 142: Erratum: Arfan M., et al. Assessment of Spatial and Temporal Flow Variability of the Indus River. Resources 2019, 8, 103 Resources doi: 10.3390/resources8030142 Authors: Arfan Lund Hassan Saleem Ahmed The authors wish to make the following corrections to the published paper [...]
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Robotics, Vol. 8, Pages 71: Development of a Practical Tool for Designing Multi-Robot Systems in Pick-and-Place Applications Robotics doi: 10.3390/robotics8030071 Authors: Kevin Castelli Ahmed Magdy Ahmed Zaki Hermes Giberti Pick-and-place manipulators have become one of the principal components of almost all manufacturing plants. The process of sizing the number of manipulators required to efficiently carry out pick-and-place tasks depends on the complexities of such plants, the...
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Safety, Vol. 5, Pages 50: Examination of Strenuous Activity Preceding Cardiac Death during Firefighting Duties Safety doi: 10.3390/safety5030050 Authors: Haller Smith Sudden cardiac death accounts for approximately 45% of duty-related fatalities among United States firefighters. Strenuous physical exertion is recognized as a trigger of sudden cardiac events. This study describes the duration of strenuous physical exertion on-scene preceding a fatal cardiac event by situation encountered...
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Sci, Vol. 1, Pages 47: On Mautner-Type Probability of Capture of Intergalactic Meteor Particles by Habitable Exoplanets Sci doi: 10.3390/sci1020047 Authors: Andjelka Kovacevic Both macro and microprojectiles (e.g., interplanetary, interstellar and even intergalactic material)are seen as important vehicles for the exchange of potential (bio)material within our solar system as wellas between stellar systems in our Galaxy. Accordingly, this requires estimates of the impact probabilitiesfor...
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Sci, Vol. 1, Pages 46: Origin of the 16S Ribosomal Molecule from Ancestor tRNAs Sci doi: 10.3390/sci1020046 Authors: Savio Torres de Farias Thais Gaudencio Rego Marco V. José We tested the hypothesis that concatemers of ancestral tRNAs gave rise to the 16S ribosomal RNA. We built an ancestral sequence of proto-tRNAs that showed a significant identity of 51.69% and a percentage of structural identity of 0.941 with the 16S ribosomal molecule. We also propose a hypothesis for the...
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Sci. Pharm., Vol. 87, Pages 20: Microparticles, Microspheres, and Microcapsules for Advanced Drug Delivery Scientia Pharmaceutica doi: 10.3390/scipharm87030020 Authors: Miléna Lengyel Nikolett Kállai-Szabó Vince Antal András József Laki István Antal Microparticles, microspheres, and microcapsules are widely used constituents of multiparticulate drug delivery systems, offering both therapeutic and technological advantages. Microparticles are generally in the 1–1000...
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Social Sciences, Vol. 8, Pages 238: Legitimate Exclusions of Would-Be Immigrants: A View from Global Ethics and the Ethics of International Relations Social Sciences doi: 10.3390/socsci8080238 Authors: Beltrán The debate about justice in immigration seems somehow stagnated given that it seems justice requires both further exclusion and more porous borders. In the face of this, I propose to take a step back and to realize that the general problem of borders—to determine what...
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Social Sciences, Vol. 8, Pages 237: Market Orientation in NGDOs: Construction of a Scale Focused on Their Stakeholders Social Sciences doi: 10.3390/socsci8080237 Authors: Valero-Amaro Galera-Casquet Barroso-Méndez Nongovernmental development organizations (NGDOs) have traditionally enjoyed notable recognition and visibility within the field of nonprofit organizations. However, the situation of this sector is problematic in its need to respond to various threats whether programmatic,...
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Social Sciences, Vol. 8, Pages 236: Social Innovation in the Non-Profit Organization Framework: A Review Social Sciences doi: 10.3390/socsci8080236 Authors: Ana Beatriz Blanco-Ariza Alexis Messino-Soza Ángel Wilhelm Vázquez-García Enrique Melamed-Varela This article reviews the literature related to the concepts of social innovation and non-profit organizations, applying a bibliometric analysis to the last five years of publications in the Scopus platform and Web of Science....
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Societies, Vol. 9, Pages 55: The Elephant in the Room: Youth, Cognition, and Student Groups in Mass Social Movements Societies doi: 10.3390/soc9030055 Authors: Hank Johnston Student and youth groups are often vanguard actors in turbulent times. This article proposes that when they are part of broader social movements, they can introduce strong age-cohort influences in a movement’s development. These influences derive from the balance between youths and adults in a movement...
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Sports, Vol. 7, Pages 191: The Reliability of Using a Laser Device to Assess Deceleration Ability Sports doi: 10.3390/sports7080191 Authors: Jonty Ashton Paul A. Jones An important component of change of direction speed is the ability to decelerate. Objective methods to examine this quality have been rarely reported in the literature. The aim of this study was to investigate the within- and between-session reliability (intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC), coefficient of variation...
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Toxins, Vol. 11, Pages 470: Contrasting Toxin Selectivity between the Marine Pufferfish Takifugu pardalis and the Freshwater Pufferfish Pao suvattii Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins11080470 Authors: Wei Gao Yoko Kanahara Misako Yamada Ryohei Tatsuno Hiroyuki Yoshikawa Hiroyuki Doi Tomohiro Takatani Osamu Arakawa To clarify the differences in toxin selectivity between marine and freshwater pufferfish, we conducted experiments in artificially reared nontoxic specimens of...
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Toxins, Vol. 11, Pages 469: Aflatoxin Exposure from Milk in Rural Kenya and the Contribution to the Risk of Liver Cancer Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins11080469 Authors: Anima J. Sirma Kohei Makita Delia Grace Daniel Senerwa Johanna F. Lindahl Milk is an important commodity in Kenya; the country has the largest dairy herd and highest per capita milk consumption in East Africa. As such, hazards in milk are of concern. Aflatoxin M1 (AFM1) is a toxic metabolite of aflatoxin B1 (AFB1)...
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Toxins, Vol. 11, Pages 467: Genetic Profiling of Aspergillus Isolates with Varying Aflatoxin Production Potential from Different Maize-Growing Regions of Kenya Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins11080467 Authors: Richard Dooso Oloo Sheila Okoth Peter Wachira Samuel Mutiga Phillis Ochieng Leah Kago Fredrick Nganga Jean-Baka Domelevo Entfellner Sita Ghimire Highly toxigenic strains of Aspergillus flavus have been reported to frequently contaminate maize, causing fatal aflatoxin...
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Toxins, Vol. 11, Pages 468: Paralytic Shellfish Toxin Uptake, Assimilation, Depuration, and Transformation in the Southeast Asian Green-Lipped Mussel (Perna viridis) Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins11080468 Authors: John Kristoffer Andres Aletta T. Yñiguez Jennifer Mary Maister Andrew D. Turner Dave Eldon B. Olano Jenelyn Mendoza Lilibeth Salvador-Reyes Rhodora V. Azanza Bivalve molluscs represent an important food source within the Philippines, but the health of seafood...
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TropicalMed, Vol. 4, Pages 114: Counting Oceanians of Non-European, Non-Asian Descent (ONENA) in the South Pacific to Make Them Count in Global Health. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed4030114 Authors: Tarantola Horwood Goarant Bertrand Merilles Pedron Klement-Frutos Sansonetti Quintana-Murci Richard Several diseases and vulnerabilities associated with genetic or microbial factors are more frequent among populations...
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Urban Science, Vol. 3, Pages 90: Decentralisation versus Territorial Inequality: A Comparative Review of English City Region Policy Discourse Urban Science doi: 10.3390/urbansci3030090 Authors: Schneider Cottineau The most recent English attempts at decentralisation take the shape of the city region devolution policy agenda. Decentralisation claims to empower localities and address regional growth imbalances, while creating a variety of new temporary and selective fiscal and geographic...
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Urban Science, Vol. 3, Pages 89: Mapping the Sound Environment of Andorra and Escaldes-Engordany by Means of a 3D City Model Platform Urban Science doi: 10.3390/urbansci3030089 Authors: Rosa Ma Alsina-Pagès Marc Vilella Marc Pons Robert Garcia Almazan In the new paradigm of the smart cities world, public opinion is one of the most important issues in the new conception of urban space and its corresponding regulations. The data collection in terms of environmental noise cannot...
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Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 739: Antibiotic Minocycline Prevents Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection Viruses doi: 10.3390/v11080739 Authors: Swapnil S. Bawage Pooja M. Tiwari Shreekumar Pillai Vida A. Dennis Shree R. Singh Treatment drugs, besides their specific activity, often have multiple effects on the body. The undesired effect of the drug may be repurposed as therapeutics, saving significant investigative time and effort. Minocycline has anti-cancer, anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory,...
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Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 738: Generation of Virus- and dsRNA-Derived siRNAs with Species-Dependent Length in Insects Viruses doi: 10.3390/v11080738 Authors: Dulce Santos Lina Mingels Elise Vogel Luoluo Wang Olivier Christiaens Kaat Cappelle Niels Wynant Yannick Gansemans Filip Van Nieuwerburgh Guy Smagghe Luc Swevers Jozef Vanden Broeck Double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) molecules of viral origin trigger a post-transcriptional gene-silencing mechanism called...
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Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 737: Bacteriophage-Based Biotechnological Applications Viruses doi: 10.3390/v11080737 Authors: Sílvio B. Santos Joana Azeredo Phages have shown a high biotechnological potential with numerous applications. The advent of high-resolution microscopy techniques aligned with omic and molecular tools are revealing innovative phage features and enabling new processes that can be further exploited for biotechnological applications in a wide variety of fields. This...
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Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 736: The Development and Use of Reporter Influenza B Viruses Viruses doi: 10.3390/v11080736 Authors: Rebekah E. Dumm Nicholas S. Heaton Influenza B viruses (IBVs) are major contributors to total human influenza disease, responsible for ~1/3 of all infections. These viruses, however, are relatively less studied than the related influenza A viruses (IAVs). While it has historically been assumed that the viral biology and mechanisms of pathogenesis for all influenza...
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Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 735: Production of Recombinant EAV with Tagged Structural Protein Gp3 to Study Artervirus Minor Protein Localization in Infected Cells Viruses doi: 10.3390/v11080735 Authors: Anna Karolina Matczuk Grzegorz Chodaczek Maciej Ugorski Equine arteritis virus (EAV) is a prototype member of the Arterivirus family, comprising important pathogens of domestic animals. Minor glycoproteins of Arteriviruses are responsible for virus entry and cellular tropism. The experimental...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1663: Control Effects of Hydraulic Interception Wells on Groundwater Pollutant Transport in the Dawu Water Source Area Water doi: 10.3390/w11081663 Authors: Henghua Zhu Jianwei Zhou Chao Jia Sheng Yang Jing Wu Lizhi Yang Zhengrun Wei Hongwei Liu Zhizheng Liu Based on the comprehensive analysis of hydrogeological data of the Dawu water source in Zibo city, the Modflow module in Groundwater Modeling System is used to carry out three-dimensional...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1661: Removal of Diesel Oil in Soil Microcosms and Implication for Geophysical Monitoring Water doi: 10.3390/w11081661 Authors: Francesca Bosco Annalisa Casale Fulvia Chiampo Alberto Godio Bioremediation of soils polluted with diesel oil is one of the methods already applied on a large scale. However, several questions remain open surrounding the operative conditions and biological strategies to be adopted to optimize the removal efficiency. This study...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1662: Spatial–Temporal Soil Water Dynamics Beneath a Tree Monitored by Tensiometer-Time Domain Reflectometry Probes Water doi: 10.3390/w11081662 Authors: Sheng-Lun Li Wei-Li Liang Tensiometer-coiled time domain reflectometry (T-TDR) probes have been developed in previous studies, but have not been applied in the field. In this study, we applied T-TDR probes to the simultaneous monitoring of soil water content (θ) and soil water potential (ψ)...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1660: Bayesian Simultaneous Estimation of Unsaturated Flow and Solute Transport Parameters from a Laboratory Infiltration Experiment Water doi: 10.3390/w11081660 Authors: Anis Younes Jabran Zaouali Sabri Kanzari Francois Lehmann Marwan Fahs Numerical modeling has become an irreplaceable tool for the investigation of water flow and solute transport in the unsaturated zone. The use of this tool for real situations is often faced with lack of knowledge...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1658: Quantifying Vertical Deformation in the Tigris–Euphrates Basin Due to the Groundwater Abstraction: Insights from GRACE and Sentinel-1 Satellites Water doi: 10.3390/w11081658 Authors: Ashraf Rateb Chung-Yen Kuo This study explores the occurrences of land subsidence in response to dropping groundwater levels in the central part of the Tigris–Euphrates basin. We estimated the groundwater depletion related to human and climate drivers between 2003...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1657: Assessment of the Physically-Based Hydrus-1D Model for Simulating the Water Fluxes of a Mediterranean Cropping System Water doi: 10.3390/w11081657 Authors: Domenico Ventrella Mirko Castellini Simone Di Prima Pasquale Garofalo Laurent Lassabatère In a context characterized by a scarcity of water resources and a need for agriculture to cope the increase of food demand, it is of fundamental importance to increase the water use efficiency of cropping...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1659: Hydraulic Capacity and Efficiency of a Low-Speed Nonpressurized Coil Pump Water doi: 10.3390/w11081659 Authors: Radosław Matz Ryszard Błażejewski Tadeusz Nawrot Maciej Pawlak The paper presents the results of an investigation on hydraulics of a low-speed coil pump for transport of liquids. One of the pump’s advantages is its wide range of potential inclination angles for its rotating shaft, from the horizontal to an almost vertical position....
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1654: Flood Risk Assessment of Global Watersheds Based on Multiple Machine Learning Models Water doi: 10.3390/w11081654 Authors: Xiangnan Li Denghua Yan Kun Wang Baisha Weng Tianling Qin Siyu Liu Machine learning algorithms are becoming more and more popular in natural disaster assessment. Although the technology has been tested in flood susceptibility analysis of several watersheds, research on global flood disaster risk assessment based on machine...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1656: Scour at Bridge Foundations in Supercritical Flows: An Analysis of Knowledge Gaps Water doi: 10.3390/w11081656 Authors: Oscar Link Emmanuel Mignot Sebastien Roux Benoit Camenen Cristián Escauriaza Julien Chauchat Wernher Brevis Salvatore Manfreda The scour at bridge foundations caused by supercritical flows is reviewed and knowledge gaps are analyzed focusing on the flow and scour patterns, available measuring techniques for the laboratory...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1655: Picoplankton Distribution and Activity in the Deep Waters of the Southern Adriatic Sea Water doi: 10.3390/w11081655 Authors: Danijela Šantić Vedrana Kovačević Manuel Bensi Michele Giani Ana Vrdoljak Tomaš Marin Ordulj Chiara Santinelli Stefanija Šestanović Mladen Šolić Branka Grbec Southern Adriatic (Eastern Mediterranean Sea) is a region strongly dominated by large-scale oceanographic processes and local open-ocean dense water formation....
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1653: Optimized Artificial Neural Networks-Based Methods for Statistical Downscaling of Gridded Precipitation Data Water doi: 10.3390/w11081653 Authors: Amir Hossein Salimi Jafar Masoompour Samakosh Ehsan Sharifi Mohammad Reza Hassanvand Amir Noori Hary von Rautenkranz Precipitation as a key parameter in hydrometeorology and other water-related applications always needs precise methods for assessing and predicting precipitation data. In this study,...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1652: Identification of the Invasive Form of Corbicula Clams in Ireland Water doi: 10.3390/w11081652 Authors: Rory Sheehan Emilie Etoundi Dan Minchin Karine Doninck Frances Lucy The basket clam genus, Corbicula, commonly known as the Asian clam, has become one of the most internationally high-profile and widespread aquatic invasive species. This genus is now considered to comprise a polymorphic species complex. The international invasion of Corbicula...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1651: Potential Changes in Runoff of California’s Major Water Supply Watersheds in the 21st Century Water doi: 10.3390/w11081651 Authors: Minxue He Michael Anderson Andrew Schwarz Tapash Das Elissa Lynn Jamie Anderson Armin Munévar Jordi Vasquez Wyatt Arnold This study assesses potential changes in runoff of California’s eight major Central Valley water supply watersheds in the 21st century. The study employs the latest operative...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1650: Application of NSGA-II and Improved Risk Decision Method for Integrated Water Resources Management of Malian River Basin Water doi: 10.3390/w11081650 Authors: Gao Zhang Zhang Li Yang Tian The Malian River Basin is the Longdong grain elevator and a new oil and energy base of East Gansu Province. Limited water resources programming utilization is a key for the development of the socio-economic and energy industry, as well as the improvement...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1649: Application of the Iterative Ensemble Smoother Method and Cloud Computing: A Groundwater Modeling Case Study Water doi: 10.3390/w11081649 Authors: Kevin Hayley Alexis Valenza Emma White Bruce Hutchison Jens Schumacher Numerical groundwater modelling to support mining decisions is often challenging and time consuming. Simulation of open pit mining for model calibration or prediction requires models that include unsaturated flow, large magnitude...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1645: Post-Treatment of Nanofiltration Polyamide Membrane through Alkali-Catalyzed Hydrolysis to Treat Dyes in Model Wastewater Water doi: 10.3390/w11081645 Authors: Byung-Moon Jun Yeomin Yoon Chang Min Park This research focused on the influence of post-treatment using alkali-catalyzed hydrolysis with a full-aromatic nanofiltration (NF) polyamide membrane and its application to the efficient removal of selected dyes. The post-treated membranes were characterized...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1647: METRIC and WaPOR Estimates of Evapotranspiration over the Lake Urmia Basin: Comparative Analysis and Composite Assessment Water doi: 10.3390/w11081647 Authors: Mostafa Javadian Ali Behrangi Mohsen Gholizadeh Masoud Tajrishy Evapotranspiration is one of the main components of water and energy balance. In this study, we compare two ET products, suitable for regional analysis at high spatial resolution: The recent WaPOR product developed by FAO and METRIC...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1646: Site Assessment for MAR through GIS and Modeling in West Coast, South Africa Water doi: 10.3390/w11081646 Authors: Heng Zhang Yongxin Xu Thokozani Kanyerere Towns along the West Coast of South Africa are facing water shortages due to climate change and increasing water demand. Managed aquifer recharge (MAR) is considered as a solution to improve water security. This paper presents a two-step method of combining geographic information system (GIS) based...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1648: Evaluation of Temperature Profiling and Seepage Meter Methods for Quantifying Submarine Groundwater Discharge to Coastal Lagoons: Impacts of Saltwater Intrusion and the Associated Thermal Regime Water doi: 10.3390/w11081648 Authors: Joel Tirado-Conde Peter Engesgaard Sachin Karan Sascha Müller Carlos Duque Surface water-groundwater interactions were studied in a coastal lagoon performing 180 seepage meter measurements and using heat as a tracer...
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